{"id":65445,"date":"2020-09-12T11:12:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-12T08:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/serena-williams-hunt-for-grand-slam-record-wont-get-any-easier\/"},"modified":"2020-09-12T11:12:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-12T08:12:00","slug":"serena-williams-hunt-for-grand-slam-record-wont-get-any-easier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/serena-williams-hunt-for-grand-slam-record-wont-get-any-easier\/","title":{"rendered":"#Serena Williams\u2019 hunt for grand slam record won\u2019t get any easier"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Serena Williams\u2019 hunt for grand slam record won\u2019t get any easier<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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September 12, 2020 |<\/span> 4:12am <\/p>\n

\n Serena Williams heads now to the French Open to play on her least-favorite surface \u2014 clay \u2014 that blunts her massive serve. She\u2019s only won just three of her 23 Grand Slam titles at Roland Garros \u2014 in her prime. So temper the expectations later this month. <\/p>\n

And forever.<\/p>\n

Williams turns 39 on Sept. 26 \u2014 four days after the French begins. Expecting Williams to win her record-tying 24th Grand Slam title is growing slimmer after a semifinal exit late Thursday against Victoria Azarenka.<\/p>\n

Williams hasn\u2019t won a Slam since January, 2017. That shouldn\u2019t be shocking. The oldest man or woman to win a major is Ken Rosewall at age 37.<\/p>\n

Her reputation, popularity and dazzling power made Las Vegas\u2019 Westgate Sportsbook put her as second choice at the 2020 Open (5-1 to Naomi Osaka\u2019s 4-1).<\/p>\n

This was the weakest field she will ever face in a Grand Slam (six of the top eight players didn\u2019t show). The French will be a deeper draw. A miracle may be in order for her to tie Margaret Court before she retires, still the greatest women\u2019s player ever.<\/p>\n

As Williams may have hinted, the Compton legend played almost as good as she could \u2014 and it wasn\u2019t enough.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s obviously disapp<\/a>ointing,\u2019\u2019 Williams said after losing to Azarenka. \u201cAt the same time, I did what I could today. I feel like other times I\u2019ve been close and I could have done better. Today I felt like I gave a lot.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Williams played four straight three-set matches \u2014 and by late Thursday night looked ready to drop.<\/p>\n

She was breathing so heavy, she kneeled at the waist after long rallies. Williams asked for a five-minute injury timeout for an Achilles twinge while on the ropes early in the third set. It appeared more like a chance to steal a five-minute breather.<\/p>\n

She ain\u2019t 28 anymore.<\/p>\n

ESPN\u2019s tennis guru Pam Shriver said she still believes if Williams can get in better shape, then 24 will come.<\/p>\n

\u201cI go back and forth but she can still do it,\u2019\u2019 Shriver told The Post. \u201cShe was still in the final four, still can play like she did in the first set and dug out the third against [Maria] Sakkari [in the quarterfinals]. As long as she\u2019s motivated and thinks she can win 24, I think she\u2019s going to win. She\u2019s very motivated to win one as a mom. But I still want to see her get in better shape so she can move better going out wide.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Credit that relentless will to allow her to play at such a ferocious level. That first set against Azarenka was pure lethal as she jumped to a 4-0 lead. Azarenka looked frozen \u2014 as if she had been put in a cage with a tiger. But Williams couldn\u2019t keep up that violent pace. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe way she started [Thursday] night is how she would\u2019ve finished in the third set,\u2019\u2019 Shriver said. \u201cOnce she hits the top level, she knew how to maintain it. She has doubts now and that translates to the opponents.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

As a wife and mother of a 3-year-old, asking her to be even more dedicated than she\u2019s ever been won\u2019t be easy. Shriver would like to see Serena travel<\/a> to a remote training spot to work on stamina before the 2021 Australian Open.<\/p>\n

Maybe Williams can join rehabbing Roger Federer in Qatar and train in the 105-degree desert the way The Swiss Maestro once did. Federer is approaching 40.<\/p>\n

Shriver said Williams, listed by the WTA at 156 pounds, will never lose that \u201cHerschel Walker frame\u201d. But if she wants to be a Slam champion again, her fitness needs to improve. It also wouldn\u2019t be the worst if Williams also added a chance-of-pace to augment her fastball.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s got to get down to a playing weight she had when she was in her mid-20\u2019s,\u2019\u2019 Shriver said. \u201cIt will help her cardio she needs to get two steps better on defense to get to 24.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

At 39, Williams will need more than her blistering serve, groundstrokes and unprecedented competitiveness. She is the survivor of two pulmonary embolisms and those bones aren\u2019t getting younger.<\/p>\n

It is a testament to Williams\u2019 will, greatness and raw talent that observers still think 24 is possible. Because it sure looks unfair to expect it anymore.\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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